Re: Orange skins in compost

[Gil Robertson]

Hi! Cheryl & Lloyd I have three of those black plastic worm farms that look like a stack of fish bins. I am careful that no citrus skins, onion peel or other "strong" things go in there. The worms work fine and produce lots of nice castings. I then have a mouldering compost that takes the rest of the kitchen rubbish, along with fish scraps, a bit of chook poo and what ever else is needed to keep it going. This takes the citrus etc, along with the odd feral cat and any road kill that is convenient. Then I have the serious compost pens, made from non returnable pallets. This produces the main compost. I also have a Clivus Multrum waterless composting toilet, that takes all that passes through us, plus lots of wood shavings/ saw dust. This must be buried under the drip line of fruit trees and not have root veg grown in it for one year. I actually put worms and Preps in all of these and the worms seem to survive quite well, I think they are tougher than we think. Gil Cheryl Kemp wrote: Thanks to Gil and Lloyd for the interesting info on posts for the chook yard and orchard.Now I need some help with orange skins in the compost heap. A question from a schoolas they have losts of skins every day, is it ok to compost or will they kill off all the worms?I know worms dont like too much citrus peels and onions.Any suggestions as to how to get rid of the citrus skins?Cheryl Kemp Education and Workshop Coordinator BDFGAA Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au